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A Blueprint for Christian Community

How can we “create a context for following Christ” in our churches? Chris Webb looks at the way communities can carefully construct rhythms, values, and commitments that support spiritual development.

Chris Webb

Featured August 14, 2022 (Original Dec 2015 )

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Encountering Christ in All of Scripture

A Word-Centered Life, evangelical in the very best sense of that word, is one deeply grounded in Scripture. Chris Webb shares how we encounter Christ in the Bible.

Chris Webb

Featured July 26, 2024 (Original Sep 2011 )

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Becoming Like Jesus: Compassionate Life

Chris Webb examines what it means to live out the Compassionate Life “in the ever widening concentric circles of community in which we live.”

Chris Webb

Featured February 14, 2022 (Original Dec 2010 )

Becoming Like Jesus: Spirit-Filled Life

“We must not let the Charismatic Stream be defined by the abuses committed in its name.” Author and Anglican priest Chris Webb shares an honest and balanced view of life empowered by the Holy Spirit.

Chris Webb

October 8, 2024

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How to Create a Rule of Life Based on the Six Streams

Author and Benedictine Anglican priest Chris Webb walks us through a very practical way to create a rule of life—one that’s realistic, not just idealistic—based on the six streams found in Richard Foster’s Streams of Living Water.

Chris Webb

Featured December 28, 2021 (Original Jan 2010 )

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Becoming Like Jesus: Virtuous Life

“Jesus shows us how to embrace a life that is abundant and full, a life of integrity and wholeness, a life surrendered to love,” writes Chris Webb. “This is the way of holiness; Christ invites you to walk in it.”

Chris Webb

October 8, 2024

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Becoming Like Jesus: Sacramental Life

Author and priest Chris Webb invites us to remember that nothing which happens after the creation of the cosmos once causes God to revoke his blessing on the material universe: it is “very good.”

Chris Webb

Featured March 8, 2024 (Original Dec 2009 )